April 2018 - change - Mailing Lists

Fwd: Consultancy opportunity: I-TECH Zimbabwe data-management system review
by Kurtis Heimerl 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), housed in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, is seeking short-term consultant(s) to: · Conduct a review of the program monitoring and reporting system for its PEPFAR-funded HIV testing and treatment program in Zimbabwe and to make recommendations to improve the system. · Conduct a review of a tablet-based mobile application that collects aggregate- and individual-level HIV-related data in health facilities in Zimbabwe. Interested individuals can apply for one or both of these consultancy opportunities. Please send all materials before April 20, 2018 to Marleyse Borchard: borchard(a)uw.edu Please address technical questions to Dr. Stefan Wiktor: wiktors(a)uw.edu Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA Technical Advisor, HIV Testing and Treatment Program, I-TECH Zimbabwe Nancy Puttkammer, MPH, PhD Research and Evaluation Advisor, International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington 325 Ninth Ave, Box # 359932 Seattle, WA 98104 Tel: +1 (206) 616-5139 FAX: +1 (206) 221-4945 Skype ID: nancy.puttkammer Website: http://www.go2itech.org *I-TECH envisions a world in which all people have access to high quality, compassionate, and equitable health care.*

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Thursday 12:00 in CSE305: Ihsan Qazi - Understanding Internet Access in the Developing World
by Matthew Johnson 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

Understanding Internet Access in the Developing World Ihsan Qazi (LUMS) Host: Anderson Thursday, April 12, 2018, 12:00 pm CSE305 Maps and directions <https://www.cs.washington.edu/visitors/getting_here> Abstract In this talk, I will present my recent research on Internet access in developing countries. In the first half of my talk, I will present a study on the characteristics of mobile devices in developing regions. Using a dataset of 0.5 million subscribers from one of the largest cellular operators in Pakistan, I will present an analysis of cell phones being used based on different features (e.g., CPU, memory, and cellular interface). Our analysis reveals potential device-level bottlenecks for Internet access, which can inform infrastructure design for improving mobile web performance. (This work appeared in ACM IMC 2016) Another accessibility challenge in developing countries is the rise in Internet censorship events, which can have a substantial impact on various stakeholders in the Internet ecosystem (e.g., users, content providers, ISPs, and advertisers). In the second half of my talk, I will discuss how Internet censorship poses an economic threat to online advertising, which plays an essential role in enabling the free Web by allowing publishers to monetize their services. Then I will describe a system we designed that enables relevant ads while retaining the effectiveness of censorship resistance tools (e.g., Tor). (This work appeared in ACM HotNets 2017)

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Change Seminar This Tuesday: Beth Koliko on Unconventional innovation: launching a counter-intuitive product
by Lia Golden 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

Hi All, This is a friendly reminder for our Change Seminar this Tuesday. We are honored to have Beth Koliko, founder of Shift Labs, be speaking about how her company built and launched a low-cost medical device. On a shoestring budget they navigated getting FDA clearance, a CE mark, patents, and enthusiastic customers. Please join us for lunch and to hear her remarkable story. Talk: Unconventional innovation: launching a counter-intuitive product Who: Beth Koliko When: Tuesday April 8th, 2018; 12-1pm Where: EEB 037 Thank you for your interest in advance and we look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday. Best Wishes, Change Seminar Team -- Lia M. Golden DNP, BSN, RN International Nursing Program (INP) Director Assistant Director of Nursing Services at UW INTERSECT University of Washington Medical Center http://www.inp.washington.edu

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Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good
by Yosem Companys 08 Apr '18

08 Apr '18

Dear friends and colleagues, - How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve quality of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable communities? I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence proposed actions in the format of "Do X with Y to achieve Z." Feel free to share links to any case studies or articles that may show their successful implementation elsewhere. Your proposed actions could apply to any societal sector including and not limited to: - Accountability; - Affordable access to Internet, Web, mobile, or mesh, among others; - Agriculture; - Disaster relief; - Economic growth and development; - Education and training, whether primary, secondary, higher education, vocational, or online; - Entrepreneurship; - Environment; - Food; - Health; - Housing that's affordable but can resist storms; - Jobs; - Manufacturing; - Open data; - Open governance; - Pharma/Biotech; - Privacy; - Public safety; - Security, physical or cyber; - Transportation; and, - Water. Please share with your closest 1-million friends, post on all your social media accounts, or email to all your other lists. I truly appreciate your help. Thanks, Yosem

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OpenMRS Community paid positions posted
by Jan Flowers 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hi All, I’m excited to share that the OpenMRS Community has posted two paid key positions for hire. We really are eager to find some enthusiastic, passionate folks for helping to lead and support the community. Find the postings here: https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/RES/Director+of+Community https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/RES/OpenMRS+Technical+Project+Manager If you, or anyone you know, are interested in the job – apply today! Jan Jan Flowers, MS HPL Health Informatics, Health Policy & Law, and Global Health Clinical Informatics Research Group (CIRG), Director of Global Health Informatics University of Washington School of Nursing, Clinical Faculty OpenMRS, Board of Directors and Leadership Team OpenELIS, Board of Directors

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Talk by P Anandan on Wadhwani Institute for AI in India (Monday, April 9 at 4:30 PM in CSE 691)
by Richard Anderson 04 Apr '18

04 Apr '18

On Monday, April 9 at 4:30 PM in CSE 691, P Anandan, CEO of the Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Intelligence (https://wadhwaniai.org/) will give an overview talk describing the new research institute. P Anandan was the Founding Managing Director of the Microsoft Research India. The Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Intelligence was launched on Feb 18 with a focus on social good and betterment. It was founded by technology entrepreneurs Romesh and Sunil Wadhwani, to bring the immense promise of AI to bear upon large-scale social problems. The Government of Maharashtra and the University of Mumbai have provided space in the heart of Mumbai for the institute. The Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence will: * Develop solutions in agriculture, health, education, financial inclusion, language, and infrastructure. * Be a hub for AI scientists from top global institutions to collaborate with social-sector organizations. * Explore questions of ethics and guidelines for AI in development. P Anandan will give a brief talk about the institute followed by a discussion of the goals and opportunities of Wadhwani AI.

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UW Change Seminar 4/3: Sarah Gimbel- The development of the PMTCT cascade analysis tool application--experiences from Kenya and Mozambique
by Esther Jang 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

Please join us for the Change Seminar on Tuesday *4/3/2018* in *EEB 037*. *Who:* Dr. Sarah Gimbel *What:* The development of the PMTCT cascade analysis tool application--experiences from Kenya and Mozambique *When:* Tuesday, April 3rd, 12-1 PM *Where:* *EEB 037* *Bio/Abstract:* Dr. Gimbel is an Assistant Professor in Family and Child Nursing, co-Director of the UW’s Center for Global Health Nursing, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health. She is an established dissemination researcher with extensive experience leading complex, multi-country implementation research in east and southern Africa. Her research expertise includes development and testing of interventions to strengthen health systems to improve the reach and quality of reproductive and child health preventive and clinical services. Dr. Gimbel participated in the design and managed the implementation of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to Optimize pMTCT trial in Kenya, Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire (the SAIA Cluster Randomized Trial; R01HD0757; PI: Sherr), including the application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) as part of the summative evaluation across the three study countries. She currently is leading a project to adapt a core element of the SAIA intervention for use with mobile-based application in Kenya and Mozambique (Usability and Feasibility of a Phone-Based Decision Support Tool for Option B+; 1R21AI124399; PI: Gimbel). Here's the link <https://meet.google.com/kkr-mebs-okp> for joining remotely.

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